diff --git a/SplatCloudRenderingControlPlugin.cc b/SplatCloudRenderingControlPlugin.cc
index a708662658d08233dbf0b92eab55a03412a3ace4..fbce7d9063260215d49da0f5594d8507e1293617 100644
--- a/SplatCloudRenderingControlPlugin.cc
+++ b/SplatCloudRenderingControlPlugin.cc
@@ -1062,8 +1062,5 @@ void SplatCloudRenderingControlPlugin::slotContextRebuildVBOActionTriggered()
 //================================================================
 
 
-#if QT_VERSION < 0x050000
-  Q_EXPORT_PLUGIN2( splatcloudrenderingcontrolplugin, SplatCloudRenderingControlPlugin );
-#endif
 
 
diff --git a/SplatCloudRenderingControlPlugin.hh b/SplatCloudRenderingControlPlugin.hh
index 1407c423d83a0bb1da2c2e67808da10459ce9162..0330ccbf8da4599ecc48edc63678ec79d4b23744 100644
--- a/SplatCloudRenderingControlPlugin.hh
+++ b/SplatCloudRenderingControlPlugin.hh
@@ -91,9 +91,7 @@ class SplatCloudRenderingControlPlugin : public QObject, BaseInterface, LoadSave
   Q_INTERFACES( ViewModeInterface    )
   Q_INTERFACES( LoggingInterface     )
 
-#if QT_VERSION >= 0x050000
   Q_PLUGIN_METADATA(IID "org.OpenFlipper.Plugins.Plugin-SplatCloudRenderingControl")
-#endif
 
 signals: